Summary Information

Title: Edmund Eisenscher Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1936-1956, 1999

Creator:

• Eisenscher, Edmund

Call Number: PH 6051; M97-094

Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes), 1.2 cubic feet of negatives (3 negatives boxes), 0.6 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 negative box), and 1 scrapbook (1 flat box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers and photographs of Edmund Eisenscher, photographer for the Wisconsin CIO News and a member of Amalgamated Lithographers of America, Local 7 (Milwaukee). Brief papers include correspondence, financial reports, and wage scales from Local 7; minutes of meetings of the Allis-Chalmers West Allis Works Council; scripts and a playbill for performances by the Allis Chalmers Union Players; newsletters, constitution, and by-laws for the New Theater of the Air, an organization for amateur radio actors; and other miscellaneous labor-related material. The most significant portion of the collection is the photographs made by Eisenscher, most of which appeared in the CIO News. Imagery includes local union-related social activities, such as bowling, basketball games, Christmas parties, and dances; meetings and conferences; strike activities; Milwaukee politicians; union officials; women's auxiliary groups; and black unionists.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph06051

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